A year ago ‘progressive’ American media decided that Barak Obama by virture of his white mother and foreign father did not suffer from the legacy of slavery. But it didn’t stop there. One discussion I heard on our local NPR station asserted that since he had somehow dodged that bullet, he would make a great candidate for president. Yes, I was like, WTF? Are these people really saying that ‘suffering from the legacy of slavery’ makes a black person incapable of being a national leader? And what about white people? Don’t they suffer from the legacy of slavery? We took up the question Continue reading »
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This Jazz & Justice “redux” tribute is paid to Malcolm X Continue reading »
An oldie but goodie from Roots Revolution Live! - Is Illegal Immigration Hurting African-Americans? Interviews with African-Americans who attended a National Immigration Rally on The Mall in Washington DC.
Some of Hip-Hop’s brightest gathered this past week in Amherst, MA. for a conference on Hip-Hop, Media and Social Change. Hear two of the panels below. The Conference was put together by comrades at TRGGR Radio and many thanks to them for their efforts.
Brothers & Sisters Gonna Work It Out: Sexual Politics and Hip-Hop Feminism with Dr. Cherise Cheney and poet Toni Blackman moderated by Dr. Whitney Battle Baptiste with intros from conference organizers Chris Tinson and Carlos REC McBride.
Media Justice & Community Empowerment with journalist DaveyD and activists Rosa Clemente and Christie Z moderated by Evelin Aquino.
A few hours after three New York City police detectives killed 23-year-old Sean Bell and wounded Trent Benefield and Joseph Guzman on November 25, 2006, my husband, a Black man, asked, “If the pigs murdered me, do you really think you could get justice?”
A year ago ‘progressive’ American media decided that Barak Obama by virture of his white mother and foreign father did not suffer from the legacy of slavery. But it didn’t stop there. One discussion I heard on our local NPR station asserted that since he had somehow dodged that bullet, he would make a great candidate for president. Yes, I was like, WTF? Are these people really saying that ‘suffering from the legacy of slavery’ makes a black person incapable of being a national leader? And what about white people? Don’t they suffer from the legacy of slavery? We took up the question Continue reading »
A few hours after three New York City police detectives killed 23-year-old Sean Bell and wounded Trent Benefield and Joseph Guzman on November 25, 2006, my husband, a Black man, asked, “If the pigs murdered me, do you really think you could get justice?”
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